See Also: licentiate(medicine)
licentiate(1)(dictionary)
licentiate(2)(dictionary)
licentiate(dictionary)

licentiate(2) (iou)



licentiate verb trans. Pa. pple & ppl adjective -ated, (earlier) -ate. LME.
[Orig. pa. pple, from medieval Latin licentiatus pa. pple of licentiare, from licentia: see LICENCE noun, -ATE2, -ATE3.]
Allow, permit, (something); allow (a person) to do, that. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
Grant a licence to (a person), esp. to preach. Cf. LICENTIATION. Chiefly Scot. M17-M18.
,licenti'ation noun (now rare) (a) the action of allowing something; (b) the action of granting a licence to practise medicine: M17.